Will the gt 430 be ok for gaming on a htpc

Its not a great gaming card to be honest, take a look here: http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gt-430-review/8

You might get away with low quality settings.

Also a note in that review they measured maximum power consumption to be 242W, they are using a more power hungry sub-system but I still wouldn't feel to comfortable with the 150W PSU.

get a 5670 instead

or 6670

new psu too

hey thanks both for the very quick response  

omgitzfatal

i know i feel very uncomfortable at times with the psu, my case is a http://www.wesena.co.uk/product.php/6/2/itx7_2 if this also helps.



As fuggles said would a HD 5450 be any better i have been looking for a Hd 6670 but cant find any in the uk with Low Profile

Nice case, beautiful for a HTPC  

I've currently got a HD5450 and to be honest its terrible, certainly no better than a GT430.
I can get away with playing games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 on low settings at 1280 x 720 and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit on low at 800 x 600, but I only get about 17 FPS

It plays Blu-rays fine though, certainly not intended for today's games.

the 6450 is somewhat better than the 5450. but try to get at least a 6570 or 5670.

The HD6570 seems like a capable card for 720P gaming and its low profile, the issue with your PSU still remains though.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6570-rade...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...

 

The Case was one of them builds see it, like it, got to have it  

that 6570 Looks like it can pack a punch and less power draw

ok i will try and get that Card and i will test it with my 700w test bench psu as that tells me the watts on the back and i will post up the results

my test bench psu if intrested in my test bench test

http://xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/power-supply-units/jeant...

will get back to you all when i get hold of this card in a week  

thank you all  

hey all just a quick update i found a HD 6670 on ebuyer so i bought that last night should be here next week

http://www.ebuyer.com/322131-sapphire-6670-1gb-gddr5-vg...

it dose say a minimum power supply of 400w but i have seen people using it with a 150w picopsu and A8-3850 the amd chip has a tdp of 100w and my core 2 duo has a tdp of 65w

anyone think it will be safe i understand i am close on power oh one last thing my cpu is -0.10v in the bios just to be safe